Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-25

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Il don't think it is SO very queer
You know som dreams come true"
Boston BUDGET.
LANGUAGE OF HORTICULTURE.
What droll things are to be met with
in Gardeners Gazettes, or in Half-hours
with Horticulture, or in Conservatory
Chronicles, or in whatever other blue
apron and pruning-knife journal falls
under the non-technical eye! Here is q
peep into nj of them, just to show its
fruits of learning and flowers of speech.
In it we read of an orchard house in full
swing; of a stage in a conservatory; of
melons having a collar; of a primula
getting a habit; of gloxinias wanting a
Shift of all plants requiring to be
dressed; of peaches forming elbows; of
potatoes having .w%ell-ripened eyes; Of
currants having spurs; of pines wanting
hot-water pipes under their beds; OF
specimens being starved to rest; of roses
being impatient; of sap being inclined to
rush away; of azaleas not liking tobacco
smoke: of figs running riot; Of grapes
that can stand sulphur-fumes, that are
well out of the way, that are no end of
trouble, that may not be left to them
selves, that will not be hurried, that can
get rusty, that are grosshabited, that
dislike to be buried, that refuse to be
finished off, that rob one another, stone
themselves have warts, and.can color,
and swell, and bleed, and start! Gar
deners, also, are directed to do dreadful
deeds. They are to pinch the vines, to
stake the carnations, to strike
veronicas, to behead winter greens, to
turn out ~bouvardias, to reduce climbers,
put endive into cold-pits, prick out
celery, and stick peas! The territories
in which all this is to be done are as
uninviting as possible. They are full,
SO we read, of red SPIDERS, greenfy,
~earwigs, mealy bugs, wireworms,
caterpillars, carrot grubs, onion mag.
.gots, mildew, snails. ants, slugs, scale,
club, and cats. Nor are the weapons
: with which war is to be waged against
these any sweeter to the imagination.
Gardeners are to arm themselves with
clay, tar, chalk, SCOT, lime, bran,
sulphur, sweet oil, wood ashes, gas
lime, resin, soapsuds, softsoap, nicotine
soap, tobacco dust, tobacco paper,
guano, quassia, parafine, hellebore
powder, fr-tree oil, brewers grains,
and red-lead. In such perpetual battle
against garden pests-as they are
~called-the only pleasant thought is
that all seems to be greatly in favor OF
the gardener.-Chamber Journal.
H. = TEs SEEDS.
To test seeds place 100 of them be.
tween sheets of blotting paper laid on
sand, and keep the paper damp in q
place where the temperature is about
IS to IS degrees Fahrenheit. The
number of seeds terminating will indi-
cate the percentage good. Place the
seeds on a piece Of flannel in a@saucer.
with suM Gent water to moisten' it
thoroughly. After scattering the seeds
(10O) on the flannel, put a piece ot
damp blotting paper over the whole
and place in q warm room. Keep it
continually damp, and in a short time
the seeds will terminate; the number
sprouting will be the percentage of
good seed. For examining seeds as to
purity, scatter them on a pieceso black
cardboard, and the foreign grains are
aeally observed. If good collection
OF seeds, true to their kind, is kept for
comp arison, the impurities can beeasily
identified.
TO CLEAN CARPETS. sE
10 one quart of warm water add five
ounces of borax, pulverized. When
cold d two ounces of aqua ammonia,
one ~half-ounce of sulphuric ether, one
half-ounce Of g~lycerine, and one half
ounce of spirits of wine. Take two
tablespoonful of the mixture and put
In n quart of warm water-or same
proportion-and with cloth or sponge
rub the carpet briskly. It is not ne
cessary to use the liquid very freely, but
q liberal amount of foam or suds will
be developed, and rubbing this .briskly
" the carpet appears to be the most
effective agency in cleaning and renoya-
ting it. After a few square feet of the
surface has been thoroughly rubbed
with the foam dry with a dry cloth, Or
sponge. Do not use the liquid too freely
or get your carpet too wet. This ap-
plication does not injure the most deli
rate c0lnrs Int nm tho oo,n u..